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Richard Shiro Associated Press Clemson wide receiver Sammy Watkins dives between Georgia Tech defenders for a touchdown. Watkins could be a player teams that want to move up in the draft are targeting.

In the new movie “Draft Day,’’ Cleveland general manager played by Kevin Costner gives up three first-round picks for the first overall selection to select a quarterback.

That was art imitating life because in 2012, the Washington Redskins gave the St. Louis Rams three first-round picks and a second-rounder to move up to the second spot to take quarterback Robert Griffin III.

The jury is still out on that move. Griffin is overcoming a torn knee ligament, the Redskins collapsed to 3-13 last year and coach Mike Shanahan was fired.

The Rams know they won’t get three ones for the No. 2 pick this year because there isn’t supposed to be a franchise quarterback available. But they again seem willing to trade down because it’s a deep draft.

“Because this draft is really good, it’s a good chance for us to take some shots with picks to improve the team,’’ general manager Les Snead told SI.com.

The question is who the Rams’ trading partner will be.

Atlanta with the sixth spot was the only team to publicly show interest in moving up.

That was until the Detroit Free Press reported that the Lions in the 10th spot may want to move up to pick wide receiver Sammy Watkins.

The Lions, looking for a complement to Calvin Johnson, have been lavish in their praise of Watkins and don’t seem concerned about his 2012 pot arrest that caused him to be suspended for the first two games by Clemson that year.

New coach Jim Caldwell called Watkins “a quality person’’ and said, “There’s not much to dislike about this young man.’’

If the Lions don’t make a deal with the Rams and Watkins is still on the board when the Jaguars pick at No. 3, the two teams could pull off a trade.

The Jaguars have 11 picks and general manager Dave Caldwell has indicated he wants to accumulate more.

“We’ve had some conversations with multiple teams,’’ Snead said. “They’re more flirtatious calls than anything. We have Nos. 2 and 13, but Houston has No. 1. Nobody can really seriously chat with us until they are happy with at least two players.’’

They do on TV

If there’s any doubt that college football players are becoming celebrities, look at the somewhat bizarre story of whether former Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron and fiancee Katherine Webb, are going to film a reality show about the planning of their wedding.

Webb’s sister Laurie told plainsman.com: “They’ve already started filming during the proposal. I think it’s a great opportunity. They can have a documentation of special times during their life, which will be kind of cool.’’

The proposal occurred in Gulf Shores, Ala. Webb was under the impression that she and McCarron were going to a charity event.

After he asked and she said yes, he took Webb to a restaurant where family and friends were waiting to surprise her.

Webb’s father, Alan, said he and his wife have already been interviewed several times.

“As reality shows go, this would be a wholesome one for sure,’’ he said. “To me, I still have a hard time viewing my daughter as being some type of celebrity. She’s just still my daughter, but having it televised, it probably would work well for the fact that both she and AJ are known to a lot of people.’’

Webb graduated from Auburn, and was Miss Alabama USA in 2012, but is probably known most for the attention she received from broadcaster Brent Musburger more than a year ago during Alabama’s BCS championship game against Notre Dame.

McCarron seemed to be trying to distance himself from the project when he tweeted, “I think it’s funny how some people think I am doing a tv show. I play football that’s it! What my future wife does is her business. #worryaboutyou.’’

The wedding is scheduled for July 11. The producers have yet to find a network for the show.

Spikes vs. Patriots

Despite his close ties with the University of Florida, New England coach Bill Belichick doesn’t always have good luck drafting Florida players. In 2010 he took linebacker Brandon Spikes in the second round and tight end Aaron Herndandez in the fourth.

Hernandez has been in jail the last 10 months on a murder charge and Spikes didn’t buy into the so-called Patriot way.

Spikes said after he signed with the Bills as a free agent that the Patriots put out false reports about his injury status — something the Patriots have been routinely accused of doing for years — when they put him on the injured reserve list last season.

He then tweeted, “it’s icing on the cake to hand the #Patriots two big L’s this year. #Just watch.’’

Considering the fact the Bills have beaten the Patriots only twice since 2000, Spikes may have written a check he can’t cash.

He then went over the top when he tweeted of his time in New England, “4 years a slave.’’

His comments are likely to be revisited when the Bills and Patriots play this fall.

Quotable

“I’m a realist and I understand where I am in my career. As you get older, teams are always going to try to find young players to come in and compete. I was one of those [young] guys myself at one point.’’ Quarterback Matt Schaub, 32, who said he will understand if the Oakland Raiders draft a quarterback next month.